JonSchofield

EventK2 200m

Date of Birth10/05/1985

BornPetersfield, Hampshire

BIOGRAPHY

Jon Schofield won bronze on his Olympic debut at London 2012 in the men’s K2 200m sprint, partnering Liam Heath.

Earlier that year, the pair won gold at the European Championships and secured World Championship silver in 2013 and bronze a year later.

The Hampshire-born sprint kayaker was to get a second Olympic medal four years after his first, winn silver with Heath at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, then turned his attention to single kayak events after the K2 was dropped for Tokyo 2020.